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The Next Food Network Star Season Three To Premiere June 3rd
April 13, 2007 12:02 AM by Joe Blackmon
Food Network will fire up TV screens in June with the return of its
top-rated reality series, The Next Food Network Star. This season the
stakes are higher, the challenges are tougher, the feedback is rougher
and contestants will have to pull out all the stops in order to emerge
as the last chef standing and winner of his or her own Food Network
show. The sizzling primetime series kicks-off its third season on
Sunday, June 3rd at 9 p.m. ET/PT with a special two-hour, back-to-back
premiere.
“We’re looking for a combination of culinary chops, star power, and the ability to handle the pressures of intense television production, and that’s difficult to find in any one person,” said Bob Tuschman, Senior Vice President, Programming and Production. “This season, the finalists are exceptionally talented. Frankly, we put them through the ringer to find out who really deserved to join our pantheon of stars.”
The 11 finalists include: Vivien Cunha (Hermosa Beach, CA), Amy Finley (San Diego, CA), Josh Garcia (Havelock, NC), Tommy Grella (Methuen, MA), Colombe Jacobsen (New York, NY), Paul McCullough (Los Angeles, CA), Patrick Rolfe (Lake Forest Park, WA), Michael Salmon (Brooklyn, NY), Rory Schepisi (Vega, TX), Adrien Sharp (Jackson, MI) and Nikki Shaw (Manhattan Beach, CA).
This season, the finalists venture outside of the Food Network studios and are tested in a series of challenges that determine not only their culinary prowess, but also their mental strength and on-air potential. Challenges include creating new stadium food for an NBA team, preparing food in an Army barracks, finding their inner Iron Chef or holding their own with a variety of top media outlets. Over the course of the show’s first seven weeks, the selection committee, aided by a rotating cast of Food Network chefs including Bobby Flay, Rachael Ray, Giada De Laurentiis, Alton Brown, Cat Cora, Duff Goldman, Robert Irvine and Season Two winner Guy Fieri, will narrow the field down to two contestants. Starting Sunday, July 15th, viewers will select the ultimate winner of The Next Food Network Star by submitting their votes to FoodNetwork.com and via text messaging. The winner will be revealed during the series’ finale on Sunday, July 22nd at 9 p.m. ET/PT and will receive a six-episode show that will premiere in fall 2007. The Next Food Network Star is produced by CBS EYE too Productions.
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April 14th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Very Well, this should be very very interesting.
May 19th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
As one of the 11 finalist I’m really excited about this show. You are not going to want to miss this! If you are on the east coast look for a promo during the American Idol finale.
Food network is having us compete on myspace to see who can get the most friends during the airing of the show. So log onto myspace and become one of ny friends. Check me out at Foodnetwork.com and my myspace is
http://www.myspace.com/nextfoodnetworkstarrory
Thanks so much for any help. and TUNE IN JUNE 3RD
July 24th, 2007 at 12:13 am
JAG, Josh Garcia, the latino competitor on the latest edition of Food Network Star certainly proved that the typical sterotype of his people is lying. Nothing new here. He says he couldn’t stay in the competition in all “good conscience” – only AFTER they found out he lied. What a flake! Where was his good conscience before that? Way to go JAG – make your people proud. What a loser!!!!!!!